# Aussie woman tries to deal with movie idiot **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 13, 2006, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-woman-tries-to-deal-with-movie-idiot/344271 "2006-02-13T14:36:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-woman-tries-to-deal-with-movie-idiot/344271/1 "2006-02-13T14:36:11Z")
And the world gets [progressively worse](http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/cinema-shushing-leads-to-assault-charge/2006/02/11/1139542416265.html) ---
**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-woman-tries-to-deal-with-movie-idiot/344271/2 "2006-02-13T15:43:53Z")
I just saw this and came over to see if anyone had commented on it. Jeezopete. I hope the woman that made the complaint has to suffer some consequences too. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-woman-tries-to-deal-with-movie-idiot/344271/3 "2006-02-13T15:47:31Z")
So, let me get this straight: An absolute ASS of a bitch yaks away on her phone during a movie, is asked to not talk anymore, then proceeds to shout explatives, storm out, and calls the cops claiming to be assaulted? God God, I really hope there is a somewhat intelligent judge that will see this case for what it is…a big load of nothing, and throw it out. And then charge Ms. Center-of-the-universe with filing a fake police report. Oh wait, I drifted off there for a second, I forgot we live in reality. The Australian woman will be found guilty on all counts, sentanced to three years in prison and forced to pay thousands for psychological damages. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-woman-tries-to-deal-with-movie-idiot/344271/4 "2006-02-13T15:57:13Z")
Ya know, you are allowed to paste \*some \*of the text here. It would let us know what you are on about… ---
**Author:** ![TommyTutone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@TommyTutone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TommyTutone)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-woman-tries-to-deal-with-movie-idiot/344271/5 "2006-02-13T16:02:36Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Oh wait, I drifted off there for a second, I forgot we live in reality. The Australian woman will be found guilty on all counts, sentanced to three years in prison and forced to pay thousands for psychological damages. It’s Texas, she’ll probably get the death penalty. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-woman-tries-to-deal-with-movie-idiot/344271/6 "2006-02-13T16:04:08Z")
Moral: in such circumstances, don’t bother with the intermediate & more polite steps. Just assume that anyone who would use a cell phone in the midst of a show or performance is a mouth-frothing berserker as well as a blithering idiot, so make sure your first intervention destroys the cell phone and disables the offender. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-woman-tries-to-deal-with-movie-idiot/344271/7 "2006-02-13T16:05:01Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > Ya know, you are allowed to paste \*some \*of the text here. It would let us know what you are on about… Try [this link](http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=local&id=3897523) as an alternative. I take it it’s the SMH registration page that blocking you? > [@](#): > > On Monday afternoon, a half-hour into the movie Brokeback Mountain, Pauline Clayton said she tried to quiet the woman two seats away who answered her phone and was talking on it during the show. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-woman-tries-to-deal-with-movie-idiot/344271/8 "2006-02-13T16:14:45Z")
Wow. Just wow. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-woman-tries-to-deal-with-movie-idiot/344271/9 "2006-02-13T16:20:41Z")
I think he means so he can know what you’re pitting before he clicks on the link. Sigh. I tell people to shut up in theatres all the time. What a blow to halfway considerate people across the world. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-woman-tries-to-deal-with-movie-idiot/344271/10 "2006-02-13T16:32:50Z")
> [@Ice Wolf](#): > > Try [this link](http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=local&id=3897523) as an alternative. Anyone else struck by the irony inherent in this quote from that article? (emphases mine) > [@](#): > > “The **lady** on the cell phone stood up, **began cursing and using obscene language** and created a scene within the theater”. Reminds me of the advice attributed to Mark Twain: “Use the right word, not its second cousin.” Or, in this case, an even more distant relative… ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-woman-tries-to-deal-with-movie-idiot/344271/11 "2006-02-13T16:48:10Z")
> [@FlyingRamenMonster](#): > > I think he means so he can know what you’re pitting before he clicks on the link. Ah, okay. But I’d have thought “Aussie woman tries to deal with movie idiot” would have been a fairly good summary of what this was about, short of finding out more through the link. And this is a pitting? In MPSIMS? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-woman-tries-to-deal-with-movie-idiot/344271/12 "2006-02-13T17:25:44Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > Moral: in such circumstances, don’t bother with the intermediate & more polite steps. Just assume that anyone who would use a cell phone in the midst of a show or performance is a mouth-frothing berserker as well as a blithering idiot, so make sure your first intervention destroys the cell phone and disables the offender. Absolutely. You’re going to be charged with assault either way, so you may as well make sure that the person gets the message. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-woman-tries-to-deal-with-movie-idiot/344271/13 "2006-02-13T17:50:33Z")
> [@Ice Wolf](#): > > And this is a pitting? In MPSIMS? 🙂 Uh… yeah. Sure. _indistinct hand motions_ Whoops 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-woman-tries-to-deal-with-movie-idiot/344271/14 "2006-02-13T18:04:01Z")
She should thank her lucky stars it wasn’t Dick Cheney yakking on the phone. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![velvetjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-woman-tries-to-deal-with-movie-idiot/344271/15 "2006-02-13T18:40:18Z")
> [@AngelicGemma](#): > > Wow. Just wow. That’s exactly what I was thinking. What is it with people? If I’m paying to see a show I don’t want to be disturbed. My phone gets turned off not as a courtesy to the performers or other patrons but mostly because I want to enjoy what I’ve paid to see undisturbed. How hard is that concept to grasp? ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-woman-tries-to-deal-with-movie-idiot/344271/16 "2006-02-13T18:56:20Z")
> [@Archergal](#): > > Jeezopete. I hope the woman that made the complaint has to suffer some consequences too. She will. In the article I read (not the one in the OP-- I’ll see if I can find it) the police tried to talk the phone-user out of pressing the assuault charges, warning her they’d charge her with disorderly conduct. She didn’t care-- she wanted the woman who hushed her to be charged. The cops were willing just to let the whole thing go, but the phone user insisted on charges being pressed against the woman who “assaulted” her, even if it meant she’d face charges of her own. That’s cutting off one’s nose to spite one’s face to epic proportions. ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-woman-tries-to-deal-with-movie-idiot/344271/17 "2006-02-13T19:01:39Z")
> [@Lissa](#): > > She will. In the article I read (not the one in the OP-- I’ll see if I can find it) [Here](http://dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story/0,20281,18104683-5001022,00.html) it is: > [@](#): > > Ms Clayton said the officers had tried to dissuade the woman from making a complaint and had even told the woman that if she did make the complaint, police would charge the woman with disorderly conduct and using a profanity for her outburst in the cinema. > > The woman refused to back down and not only was Ms Clayton charged, but the woman is now also due in court after being charged over her behaviour. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-woman-tries-to-deal-with-movie-idiot/344271/18 "2006-02-13T19:05:31Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > She should thank her lucky stars it wasn’t Dick Cheney yakking on the phone. > > 😃 With a name like yours I would think you would want to keep your head down; lower the profile a bit. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-woman-tries-to-deal-with-movie-idiot/344271/19 "2006-02-14T00:29:42Z")
> [@Lissa](#): > > She will. In the article I read (not the one in the OP-- I’ll see if I can find it) the police tried to talk the phone-user out of pressing the assuault charges, warning her they’d charge her with disorderly conduct. She didn’t care-- she wanted the woman who hushed her to be charged. The cops were willing just to let the whole thing go, but the phone user insisted on charges being pressed against the woman who “assaulted” her, even if it meant she’d face charges of her own. I’d love to be in the courtroom when this goes down. Judge (reading briefing): Excuse me, Mr. Prosecutor? Prosecutor: Yes, your honor? J: Is this some sort of joke? This woman is being charged with assault for telling a woman to be quiet during a movie? P: No joke. The “victim” insists on pressing charges. J: Is she some sort of idiot? P: Your honor! I couldn’t possibly answer such a question! (Nods head vigorously). J: Oops, my bad. (Winks and gives very slight head nod). Case dismissed. P: Yes, your honor. Next up is that disorderly conduct case… ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-woman-tries-to-deal-with-movie-idiot/344271/20 "2006-02-14T00:59:49Z")
I didn’t realize that I could force the police to arrest someone just because I asked them to. In any event, remember the bitch who sued two teens for frightening her when they rang the doorbell to anonymously drop off chocolate chip cookies? She, too, insisted that “justice” be served. In the end it was she who begged for mercy from the public. By getting herself arrested, the whole world knows this woman’s name and, presumably, her address and phone number. I daresay she’ll soon regret insisting on “justice.” Makes me kinda wish I lived in her hometown. 😛 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-woman-tries-to-deal-with-movie-idiot/344271.md?page=2)